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In 1524 the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano was the first European to reach New Jersey. Almost a century passed before colonization began with the arrival in 1609 of the English navigator Henry Hudson, who sent a party to explore Sandy Hook Bay.
Nov 9, 2009 · New Jersey’s colonial history began when Henry Hudson sailed the Newark Bay in 1609. From there, small trading colonies emerged in towns where Hoboken and Jersey City are now located.
New Jersey is named after the English Channel island of Jersey The Province of New Jersey, Divided into East and West, commonly called The Jerseys, 1777 map by William Faden. From the colony of New Netherland, the Dutch interfered with Britain's transatlantic trade with its North American colonies.
New Jersey was home to many religious denominations with the Dutch Reformed Church being one of the largest. The first College in the colony was Queens College, (now called “Rutgers”) was founded in 1766. In 1702 the proprietors of the colony turned it back to the crown. It was ruled thereafter as a royal colony.
The colonial history of New Jersey began in 1609 when Henry Hudson first claimed the region on behalf of Holland and renamed it New Netherlands. The Dutch West India Trade Company subsequently gave out land grants to encourage settlement, attracting many migrants from Sweden as well as Holland.
The colonial history of New Jersey started after Henry Hudson sailed through Newark Bay in 1609. Although Hudson was British, he worked for the Netherlands, so he claimed the land for the Dutch. It was called New Netherlands. Small trading colonies sprang up where the present towns of Hoboken and Jersey City are located.
New Jersey Founded After New Netherlands had been captured by the English and became an English colony, King Charles II decided to give the land between the Hudson and Delaware Rivers to two friends: Sir George Carteret and Lord Berkeley of Stratton.
